Google is doing its best to keep Android users of its products and services one-step ahead of their iOS brethren. Case and point: The latest Google+ 4.0 version for Android has been updated to give users greater control of their photos.

Google acquired photo-editing service Snapseed late last year and quickly implemented its features into the Google+ desktop app. Now Android users have access to similar desktop features on their mobile device. Those features include better photo cropping, rotating and exposure adjustments, as well as new filters to choose from.

Users will also be able to automatically enhance current photos and "Auto Awesome" photos to create new versions, and if you don't like any of your photo tweaks, you can preview and undo them before they "go to print". Searching for the best photos is easier now that Google+ dishes up "highlights" displays the best photos from any album on the main page of the album.

It seems as if Google is "All in" with its social network. Time will tell if these and other future upgrades can draw the attention that its competitors take for granted.

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